We're going to protect EI premiums so that they pay for EI benefits and they aren't treated as the government's piggy bank.

by CBC News9/22/2015 3:46:52 PM

From CBC's Margo McDiarmid:

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau brought his campaign to Montreal today announcing that a Liberal government would invest a total of $380 million in new money into the country's cultural and creative industries.

Trudeau spoke to supporters and members of the Quebec arts community in downtown Montreal. He was introduced by his wife, Sophie Gregoire, a former broadcaster and television host.

He said that culture and creative industries generate jobs in Canada but the government needs to reinvest in the industry.

His government promises to:

Invest $150 million in new annual funding for CBC/Radio-Canada.

Double the investment for the Canada Council for the Arts to $360 million a year from $180 million.

Restore the Promart and Trade routes international cultural promotion programs that the Conservative government has cut.

Increase funding for Telefilm Canada and the National Film Board.

Increase funding for the Young Canada Works program to help young people prepare to work in the heritage sector.

​This is part of the Liberals​ investment in social infrastructure of nearly $6 billion over the next four years.

Top Conservative cabinet ministers fraternized with senior staff from KPMG's tax division even as the Canada Revenue Agency was alleging the firm set up a deceptive offshore tax "sham" that deprived the government of potentially millions in revenue.

by CBC News9/22/2015 3:53:56 PM

It really is a natural extension of political party as brand.... The cliched picture of the leader serving coffee at Tim's is the best example of this: it communicates a ideal of everyman.

On Monday, as Conservative Leader Stephen Harper spoke about his party's plan to encourage home ownership, a massive Home Hardware logo loomed behind him. But Elections Canada doesn't see that free advertising as a campaign expense.

The NDP's Tom Mulcair has been touting his party's $15-a-day national child-care plan at almost every campaign stop. But it could take two NDP terms and a bunch of provincial changes-of-heart to make it happen.

Under fire for exploiting the legacy of a Canadian hero to score political points, Conservative Leader Stephen Harper said a campaign pledge to support the Terry Fox Foundation was simply honouring a request made by the charity.

Conservative James Moore's claim that the family of Terry Fox supported his party's plan to match donations raised during the annual Terry Fox Run was met with criticism online after the family issue a statement refuting the claim.

Justin Trudeau made a 'careless nod to anti-black stereotypes' Monday night while discussing the topic of violence against women, claims Toronto journalist Desmond Cole, who took to Twitter to discuss the issue.